Hellenization vs. Traditional Judaism Pharisees vs. Sadducees vs. Hellenization Platonism vs. Stoicism (Note how each influenced early Christians) Traditional Jewish Christians vs. Hellenized Jewish Christians Gentile Christianity vs. Jewish Christianity (know how the conflict was resolved) Characteristics of Eastern Christianity Ethiopian Orthodox Church (unique characteristics of) 3. Why Church History a. Build Community and Identity i. about the story of what makes the community
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8. Rabbi Joshua ben Joseph (teacher Jesus the son of Joseph) Jesus was his Greek name. Judaism (people were set apart‚ observant of God’s law)– After the destruction of the temple‚ there were two kinds that survived: Rabbinic Christianity Pharisaic “Gentiles” – non jews. Does not believe Jesus was the Son of God. ISRAEL – the place as well as the family of Abraham (patriot of Islam & Judaism)‚ Isaac‚
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Guerda Venord HUMM 1101 2 September 2014 History and culture of the Hebrew Almost everything we know about the Hebrews comes from the bible. The word bible means book originally from the Greeks named for the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos. In Hebrew history they have been led by Abraham and descend with Jacob ’s group into Egypt‚ emerging years later as one nation looking for freedom and the Promised Land. Later on they had three kings who were
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“Finally‚ all of you‚ be like-minded‚ be sympathetic‚ love one another‚ be compassionate and humble”. (1 Peter 3:8). The main idea of Nostra Aetate is to foster unity between individuals and nations and encourage dialogues between Christians and non-Christians. Regardless of anyone’s religious views‚ it is important that we understand and practice what is taught in Nostra Aetate because discrimination and prejudice have become the greatest issue in society. We live in a world with so
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do what is just and merciful in the eyes of G-d (World Book‚ 1990). The Talmud‚ written by scholars who greatly respect G-d s wishes‚ is a collection of legal and ethical writings which serves as a primary guide to the civil and religious laws of Judaism (World Book‚ 1990). It states that the fetus is a part of the mother rather than a person or an independent entity‚ abortion is not considered murder‚ since the fetus is not a person until it comes into the world (Butler et al.‚ 1992). Therefore‚
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It was a special experience to witness the love people showed during both the prayer circle and the normal service. The events practiced during the Jewish service reminded me of my own religion‚ Christianity. I chose this event to attend because Judaism is the other most popular religion in my town‚ but I felt as if I did not truly know anything about it. I wanted to expand my knowledge of religions other than my own. Prior to attending the service‚ I imagined the synagogue as a very serious environment
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accomplishments in religion was ensuring that Jews were no longer restricted to living only in the “Ghettos”. On top of this in 1807 he made sure that Judaism was made one of the already several official religions in France. Overall Napoleon was very successful with his freedom of religion as he was able to pass a citizens act and allowed Judaism to be added to the official religions of France‚ because of this Napoleon became increasingly popular with the Jews. Napoleon needed to improve the law
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Surat Al-’Ahzab 33:33 (12) The Holy Bible. 1 Corinthians 14:1-5 The religion of Islam is an interesting subject. Other than Judaism‚ the religion of Islam is the oldest religion that we know of. It is based on some of the same fundamental processes as Judaism. A major area where the religion of Islam and the Qur’an are different from Judaism and from any culture today is the treatment of women. In the following essay I will be comparing and contrasting Muslim women and other women
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life‚ each pursuing their own path to holiness. For women to adopt the lifestyle of men is not only contrary to their nature and divinely given task‚ but betrays a lack of self-respect for their own dignity and worth. Do women occupy a position in Judaism inferior to men? Does Torah and the lifestyle it mandates discriminate against women? Some people apparently believe so‚ for under the banner of women’s liberation efforts are being made to free women from what is perceived as their unequal status
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For my last response paper‚ I decided that I wanted to attend a Jewish service. Since I had missed the pre arranged field trip to go with the school‚ I decided that I would grab a friend‚ and make a day out of driving up to Park City to go to the Temple Har Shalom. We set off on our forty minute drive‚ and finally came upon the Temple. The temple itself was very intriguing to the eye‚ it was a mix of brick and what looked like maple wood‚ the architecture was interesting and had a very modern feel
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